The Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Animal Health) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1992

• Citation: S.I. 1992/671
• Sections: 8

Section 1 Title, extent and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Animal Health) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 and shall apply to England and Wales and shall come into force on 6th April 1992.

Section 2 Amendment of Regulations

The Artificial Insemination of Cattle (Animal Health) (England and Wales) Regulations 1985 shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of the following regulations.

Section 3 Amendment of Regulations

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a) after the definition of “cow” there shall be inserted—

“the Directive” means Council Directive 88/407/ EEC laying down the animal health requirements applicable to intra-Community trade in and imports of deep-frozen semen of domestic animals of the bovine species;

(b) after the definition of “the Minister” there shall be inserted—

“official veterinarian” means a veterinary inspector appointed by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under the Animal Health Act 1981 ;

Section 4 Amendment of Regulations

In regulation 4 (application of regulations) for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

(1) These Regulations shall not apply to anything done by a permitted person in the course of or for the purpose of the artificial insemination of a cow with raw semen which has been collected from a bull by a permitted person where—

(a) at the time of insemination the cow is—

(i) in the same ownership as the bull from which the semen is collected;

(ii) kept on land occupied by the owner of the bull; and

(iii) comprised in the same herd as the bull; and

(b) at the time of collection—

(i) the bull is not affected by any Order made under section 17, 23, 25, 26 or 29 of the Animal Health Act 1981; or

(ii) the use of the bull’s semen is especially authorised by the Minister.

Section 5 Amendment of Regulations

In regulation 7 (licences)—

(a) in paragraph (1) after sub-paragraph (g) there shall be added—

(h) a special farm storage movement licence.

(b) after paragraph (9) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

(9A) A special farm storage movement licence shall authorise the licensee to move semen or cause or permit semen to be moved from a farm storage unit specified in that licence to another farm storage unit so specified.

Section 6 Amendment of Regulations

After regulation 9 (collection of semen) the following regulation shall be inserted—

(9A)

(1) No person shall export to a member State in the Economic Community any semen from a bull unless it meets the conditions set out in article 3 of the Directive.

(2) The animal health certificate referred to in article 3(d) of the Directive shall be completed and signed by an official veterinarian.

Section 7 Amendment of Regulations

In regulation 17 (movement of semen from quarantine) after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

(1A) No person shall export semen to a member State of the Economic Community unless, after a period of 28 days in quarantine, that semen remains in quarantine or is moved to another storage facility for a further two days.

Section 8 Amendment of Regulations

In regulation 18 (acceptance of semen for storage) at the end of sub-paragraph (b)(ii) there shall be added—

or

(iii) is collected by or delivered to him in accordance with the conditions of a special farm storage movement licence.